This is an analysis of The Common Lot by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
It is a common fate – a woman’s lot –
To waste on one the riches of her soul,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab aXaX cdcd efef gaga chch fifi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0001010101 0111010001 1101111110 01010011101 1111001111 1101011111 0101101101 1001010100 1111111101 1100110111 1111111101 1111111111 11001010101 0111010101 1011110111 0110111111 1101111101 1111010101 1101011111 11001010111 1101011111 11010011101 1011011111 1011111101 1011110101 0101111101 1100110101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
to, not, yes, so, i, you